The meaning of EAT SUN

June 6th, 2012: I joined Weight Watchers with my parents. I was very successful. I still am very successful. A huge part of my success is the support of my friends and family, as well as the ability to 'keep it fresh' with interesting challenges. Shout outs to my homies Colleen, Janelle, Kim, Heather, Rich, Seraph, Charlie, Cristel and MamaBear. (There will definitely be more about you folks later)

December 8th, 2012: I started writing down my thoughts about my diet and food choices in a composition notebook. I found this very relieving, like having someone to share all your secrets with. I highly suggest it.

January 1st, 2013: I challenged Colleen and Seraph to try consuming a mostly vegetarian diet with me until Valentine's Day, on which occasion we would celebrate with a hearty, carnivorous meal. I texted them both about how I was going to "make love to a filet mignon" and probably something absurd and crude about duck fat / bacon. Then I promptly went to Best Market and bought bananas, apples, arugula. I am a firm believer that arugula is the bacon of the lettuce family. Operation Eat Sun begins.

The idea for Eat Sun was first inspired from the Weight Watcher meetings I attended, where January's habit to try was "eat a fruit or vegetable with every meal". I thought to take it a step further: instead of using veggies as a supplement to meat/dairy centered meals, *focus* meals around vegetables, effectively becoming a vegetarian for a short period of time. Of course every great challenge needs a catch phrase, and having recently been exploring the musical universe I had a song in mind, Eat Sun, Son by Gobble Gobble. This song has absolutely nothing to do with eating vegetables and the lyrics are actually weird, but hey, it's now the theme song. I also thought it was creepily coincidental that the band is called Gobble Gobble. It was meant to be! I listen to this song way more than any person should and find myself singing "eaaaaaaaaat sunnnnnn, son" to myself on the drive to work and in the shower. I know, you don't have to tell me twice, I'm awesome.

Anyway, what the heck does "Eat sun" mean?
"Eat sun" is the simplification of "eat as close to the sun as possible". The meaning of this is to eat foods that are made directly by the sun: vegetables, fruits, legumes. Anything that grew in the dirt, waved in the wind, was watered by rain and sprinkler, and soaked up the sun's rays is fair game.

EAT SUN: A blog about eating as close to the sun as possible through vegetables, fruits, and legumes.